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baseball fans in the u.s. had a good laugh as the washington nationals team mascots strutted their stuff before the president's race. the video was among the most viewed clips ever on a president race website. and edison kavani jumped on the band wagon after scoring against parma. and then the oregon duck pumping up the school spirit for the university of oregon with his version of the song. the duck is a hit on youtube, too, with more than 5 million views. but while everyone knows his song, the korean pop star says he's still trying to get people to remember his name. >> the video is much more popular. so, if people say, like, hey, i'm, and then gaggnam style. youtube? video? things go like this. >> reporter: he is now working with justin bieber's producer on his next big hit. in the meantime sports players, fans and mascots are dancing to the gangnam style anthem. mark mckay, cnn, atlanta. >> i love it. >> i do, too. >> i don't think i could do it. >> you can do it. i've seen a few smooth moves from you. >>
baseball fans in the u.s. had a good laugh as the washington nationals team mascots strutted their stuff before the president's race. the video was among the most viewed clips ever on a president race website. and edison kavani jumped on the band wagon after scoring against parma. and then the oregon duck pumping up the school spirit for the university of oregon with his version of the song. the duck is a hit on youtube, too, with more than 5 million views. but while everyone knows his song,...
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take it away from the u.s. if our own technology is in the hands of other countries, does that worry you? >> it worries me because it is not just technology. the president has for the last two years or the administration has been making an argument in favor of drones. it has been basically saying we can use these virtually at anytime and at any place to protect our interests. that has been a consistent argument on the part of the administration. how can you make that argument and basically all of a sudden deny that to other countries? what if russia does want to use drones? what if china does want to use drones? hezbollah flew an unarmed drone over israel, i believe, two weeks ago. what if hezbollah wants to use a drone. the argument that has been made for drones is basically acompanies the technology. it is a technology that is essentially meant to be used and i think that's one of the large problems with it. >> i know because of your reporting, you're hoping drones coming up tonight in the debate. you'll be w
take it away from the u.s. if our own technology is in the hands of other countries, does that worry you? >> it worries me because it is not just technology. the president has for the last two years or the administration has been making an argument in favor of drones. it has been basically saying we can use these virtually at anytime and at any place to protect our interests. that has been a consistent argument on the part of the administration. how can you make that argument and...
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what the u.s. did to iran. >> when i heard of that latest car bombing in beirut, i immediately suspected that the slaughter that's going on in syria is going to spread to the neighboring companies. do you see that happening? >> it could well and the biggest concern is of course turkey. you see the cases where the turkish jet was shot down, there's been other issues along the border there. but syria, of course, could well try to move into lebanon to make a point to the rest of the world. we don't know much about this bombing yet so it's a little bit early to figure out where this all happened from. but you know, could the syrian conflict expand? very easily. >> you wrote a por powerful story this week about arms that are gettin to the rebels that are winding up in the hands of maybe even al qaeda. >> this is a big problem. you have heard president obama say that while the u.s. would not arm the rebels directly, the u.s. would facilitate that arming and that's been happening through gutter and throug
what the u.s. did to iran. >> when i heard of that latest car bombing in beirut, i immediately suspected that the slaughter that's going on in syria is going to spread to the neighboring companies. do you see that happening? >> it could well and the biggest concern is of course turkey. you see the cases where the turkish jet was shot down, there's been other issues along the border there. but syria, of course, could well try to move into lebanon to make a point to the rest of the...
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by republican leaders on the house oversight committee exposes libyan nation algs working with the u.s. to possible danger and is irresponsibility. a spokesman for the committee's chairman, congressman darrell issa says kerry's trying to cree yagt a distraction to mislead the american people. >>> lib yap and foreign policy will take center stage on tomorrow's showdown between president obama and republican mitt romney. both candidates are being prepping. cnn's athena jones takes a look at which candidate might have the edge in the final face-off. >> reporter: the third and final face-off between president obama and governor romney will focus entirely on foreign policy. from afghanistan and pakistan to israel, iran, and the changing middle east. >> it's like they said -- >> reporter: the candidates will spar over america's role in the world, the new face of terrorism, and how to deal with a rising china. the polls have narrowed since the summer. mr. obama tried to highlight one of his biggest foreign policy accomplishments as a light-hearted charity din never the new york. >> monday's d
by republican leaders on the house oversight committee exposes libyan nation algs working with the u.s. to possible danger and is irresponsibility. a spokesman for the committee's chairman, congressman darrell issa says kerry's trying to cree yagt a distraction to mislead the american people. >>> lib yap and foreign policy will take center stage on tomorrow's showdown between president obama and republican mitt romney. both candidates are being prepping. cnn's athena jones takes a look...
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now a strategy for u.s. terrorists comes under fire. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center, working together has never worked so well. high up in the atlas mountains of morocco. have you seen this road we're going down? ♪ there is no relief for the brakes. we'll put them to the test today. all right, let's move out! [ ross ] we're pushing the ats brakes to the limit. going as fast as we can down the hill. we are making these sharp turns, slamming on the brembo brakes. [ derek ] it's like instant response, incredibly consistent. this is the challenge, machine vs. mount
now a strategy for u.s. terrorists comes under fire. [ man ] in hong kong, on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [...
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a report in today's "new york times" that iran and the u.s. have agreed in principle to one-on-one talks about iran's nuclear program. the white house said late last night that they have not agreed to talks. >> i in the iranians are trying to take advantage of our election cycle to continue to talk. as we talk with the iranians, whether it's bilaterally or unilaterally, they continue tone rich. i think the time for talking is over. >> if direct negotiations are a path toward a peaceful resolution with iran giving up on the notion of nuclear weapon, pursue it. if meeting collectively is better, pursue it as well. we don't want to drive into the brick wall of war in 2013 without sitting down and speaking. >> the obama administration failed to protect the consulate, failed to respond to requests, rejected demands they would help. the a.mbassador was personally worried about his own life, about violence, and the obama administration did nothing. if that offends the. >> the that's his problem and he ought to get over it. >> when the president found
a report in today's "new york times" that iran and the u.s. have agreed in principle to one-on-one talks about iran's nuclear program. the white house said late last night that they have not agreed to talks. >> i in the iranians are trying to take advantage of our election cycle to continue to talk. as we talk with the iranians, whether it's bilaterally or unilaterally, they continue tone rich. i think the time for talking is over. >> if direct negotiations are a path...
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if you had a u.s. factory and you wanted to produce something there, by the time you paid a laborer all the benefits, all the salary, and everything else, that's going to come out to about $34 an hour. to do the same thing in china it is going to be more like $2 an hour. so the chinese government has structured its infrastructure and everything else to support this idea, to bring factories in, to take advantage of that cheap labor and to put inexpensive products out to compete on the world market, and boy does it compete. look at this graph showing what has happened since 1985. this is how many chinese products we were importing in 1985, and it has gone up and up and up so that this is a recession right here by the way, that dip there. it reached levels here, dropped down a little more and a tremendous increase in the number of chinese products coming into the united states since 1985. now look at what we're sending over there. u.s. products in 1985 were about even with chinese and now not nearly as mu
if you had a u.s. factory and you wanted to produce something there, by the time you paid a laborer all the benefits, all the salary, and everything else, that's going to come out to about $34 an hour. to do the same thing in china it is going to be more like $2 an hour. so the chinese government has structured its infrastructure and everything else to support this idea, to bring factories in, to take advantage of that cheap labor and to put inexpensive products out to compete on the world...
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here it is in 1994 running again ted kennedy for the u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a u.s. senate candidate. >> now fast forward to last year. here's mitt romney trying to capture the gop presidential nomination. >> what i'd like to see happen would be for the supreme court to say, look, we're going to overturn row v. wade and return to the states the authority to design whether they want abortion on or not state by state. that's how it was before roev. wade. i'm pro-life. >> less than two weeks ago he spoke to the editorial board of "the des moines register" and he seemed more unclear on the issue. he said there's no legislation with regards to abortion that i'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda. so, if mitt does win and he does set an agenda, what will it include with regards to abortion? this literally could turn the entire election. barbara comstock is a romney campaign seni
here it is in 1994 running again ted kennedy for the u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. i have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a u.s. senate candidate. >> now fast forward to last year. here's mitt romney trying to capture the gop presidential nomination. >> what i'd like to see happen would be for the supreme court to say, look, we're going to overturn row v. wade and...
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consulate in benghazi that killed the u.s. ambassador. the chair of the house oversi t oversight -- his spokesman is defending the release of the cables, but senator john kerry slammed the release saying, "this is irresponsible and inexcusable and perhaps worst of all, it was entirely avoidable. it is profoundly against america's interests in a difficult region. it's bad enough that it's becoming a political sideshow presumably driven by the calendar of monday's upcoming presidential debate, but even worse is that in their rush to make news, they've exposed libyans who are working side-by-side with america." this hour many texas lance armstrong is expected to speak in front of participants in the livestrong challenge. today we expect that he will even jump on his bike. it will be his very first public ride since resigning as the chairman of the livestrong charity. the cyclist and cancer survivor faesz charges from the anti-doping agency that he used performance-enhancing drugs. we'll bring you his comments as soon as we get them in here.
consulate in benghazi that killed the u.s. ambassador. the chair of the house oversi t oversight -- his spokesman is defending the release of the cables, but senator john kerry slammed the release saying, "this is irresponsible and inexcusable and perhaps worst of all, it was entirely avoidable. it is profoundly against america's interests in a difficult region. it's bad enough that it's becoming a political sideshow presumably driven by the calendar of monday's upcoming presidential...
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what should the u.s. do about syria? if we don't do anything, al qaeda is already there sowing the seeds of their influence. do we intervene, do we stay on the sidelines? romney won't say what he would do if he put boots on the ground, but he continues to say the president has done too little. >> obama's argument, if, in fact, it comes up, we're coming off two wars in american history where the standard question is not when will we win, but when can we leave? romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so that's one. israel is another key issue, and here i think the romney campa
what should the u.s. do about syria? if we don't do anything, al qaeda is already there sowing the seeds of their influence. do we intervene, do we stay on the sidelines? romney won't say what he would do if he put boots on the ground, but he continues to say the president has done too little. >> obama's argument, if, in fact, it comes up, we're coming off two wars in american history where the standard question is not when will we win, but when can we leave? romney is going to challenge...
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more damningly, this, que, mu u.s. federal government officials have confirmed the commtethat prior to the september 11 aks mission in libyaade repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letteroes on to detail a sees of attacks and incidents in libya that formedhe basis for those calls for more curity that the letter allewashington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. fit, arwa damon joins me. shs back from libya and joins erme h new york. veryood to see y safe and sound. walk me back you were at the site thr days afr tackthe at. that have never been sn before. describe what we see. >> well, the first in these photographs is basically the exterior of the main building the compound itself. this is the ilding where the ambassadoresided, and the right hand portion of the builng is where the so-called safe room was supposed to . occurred inside the buildi itself. it doesn't look very touched on the outside. >> no. veryuch a lot of the damage on this building inside, happening inside. burng. the's one part
more damningly, this, que, mu u.s. federal government officials have confirmed the commtethat prior to the september 11 aks mission in libyaade repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letteroes on to detail a sees of attacks and incidents in libya that formedhe basis for those calls for more curity that the letter allewashington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. fit, arwa damon joins me. shs back from libya and joins erme h new york. veryood to see y safe and sound. walk...
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and one of the targets was the u.s. embassy. >> a large number of the people, forbes fighters who went to iraq to fight and kill americans and iraqis were from libya particularly eastern libya, eastern been gadsy. are those people who just returned home, do we know have they just returned home and are living in libya with the foreign terrorist experience? or did they purposefully come to libya for the attack? >> we don't know, but it's very important, and it kind of fits with what we've heard. that this was a loosely bound group. your cousin may be a member of al qaeda in iraq, for example, and they'll pick up on that. very possible they went home and got together and found out, hey, september 11th, here is a great opportunity for us, let's go do it. >> what do you make of the fact that the report that it's libyans with al qaeda experience from al qaeda in iraq are involve? >> anderson, when i was still in the white house and traveling, i had gone to libya, met with gadhafi and the internal security services at the time
and one of the targets was the u.s. embassy. >> a large number of the people, forbes fighters who went to iraq to fight and kill americans and iraqis were from libya particularly eastern libya, eastern been gadsy. are those people who just returned home, do we know have they just returned home and are living in libya with the foreign terrorist experience? or did they purposefully come to libya for the attack? >> we don't know, but it's very important, and it kind of fits with what...
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it's been 442 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. sales of previously owned homes fell if september. economists we spoke with say the decline makes sense because it was a bigger than expected gain in august. now, our fourth story. the florida sunshine. well today, it looked like it was shining down on mitt romney. a new cnn poll shows the candidate ahead in the sunshine state. it is perhaps the most crucial of the swing states, home to 29 electoral votes. now, the lead is within the margin of error. our last poll in august had the president ahead by four. among women voters, 53% of the electorate in 2008, the president is ahead. but support has dropped dramatically. in august, the president was leading by 12 points and now he is ahead by just two points. that is within the the margin of error. for the 50 plus crowd, they make up about half of the florida population and right now, they are leaning towards mitt romney. 56 to 43% and there was some more good news for romney in florida. there was because the largest newspaper in central
it's been 442 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. sales of previously owned homes fell if september. economists we spoke with say the decline makes sense because it was a bigger than expected gain in august. now, our fourth story. the florida sunshine. well today, it looked like it was shining down on mitt romney. a new cnn poll shows the candidate ahead in the sunshine state. it is perhaps the most crucial of the swing states, home to 29 electoral votes. now, the lead is within the...
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it could have been multiple militias that attacked the u.s. consulate there. we just may not know for years. >> fran, what do your intelligence sources tell you? was he involved in the attack, do you believe? >> you know, i think the fact that he's a sort of known extremist in terms of his ideology, it would not be surprising. and i will tell you, john, in answer to the question you put to bob about are we surprised, we should be disappointed but not surprised. it was journalists who found ambassador stevens' journal because neither libyan officials nor american officials had gotten to that consulate. time and again, it took the fbi three weeks to get to the consulate itself to do a forensic investigation. the investigation of this on both the american and the libyan side has been absolutely and completely incompetent. the notion that a journalist could find this guy and sit down with him and do an interview before investigators should not surprise us. disappointing, yes. surprising, no. >> as we get more information, sadly raises more and alarming questions.
it could have been multiple militias that attacked the u.s. consulate there. we just may not know for years. >> fran, what do your intelligence sources tell you? was he involved in the attack, do you believe? >> you know, i think the fact that he's a sort of known extremist in terms of his ideology, it would not be surprising. and i will tell you, john, in answer to the question you put to bob about are we surprised, we should be disappointed but not surprised. it was journalists...
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the u.s. civil rights commission says studies show that using racial preferences can hurt minorities by starting them out near the bottom of their classes. >> if they're towards the bottom of whatever class they go to, they are much more likely to give up on an ambitiono major in science and engineering. >> almost a decade ago, then justice sandra day o'connor wrote a majority opinion that said that the university of michigan law school had a compelling interest in promoting class diversity and suggested affirmative action might still be needed for another 25 years. o'connor has since left the court, leading to speculation that the court's conservatives could now strike a blow to preferences. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> thank you, joe johns. so jeff toobin, this is the question. does this texas case raise any new and diinctive questions about this, about affirmative action, or is this one of those second bites at the apple, merely another opportunity for a different supreme court with brand
the u.s. civil rights commission says studies show that using racial preferences can hurt minorities by starting them out near the bottom of their classes. >> if they're towards the bottom of whatever class they go to, they are much more likely to give up on an ambitiono major in science and engineering. >> almost a decade ago, then justice sandra day o'connor wrote a majority opinion that said that the university of michigan law school had a compelling interest in promoting class...
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cnn has full coverage starting 7:00 eastern time. >>> the u.s. supreme court will hear a big case this week. affirmative action is on the docket and the decision could impact public schools and colleges across the country. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> space travel will officially begin as
cnn has full coverage starting 7:00 eastern time. >>> the u.s. supreme court will hear a big case this week. affirmative action is on the docket and the decision could impact public schools and colleges across the country. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and...
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in 2011, the u.s. -- well, anwar al awlaki, a u.s. citizen who was a cleric living in yemen, was killed in a drone strike, as was his son. this raised legal and ethical questions, so in my interview with the president, i asked him what is his criteria for the use of lethal force. >> my first job, my most sacred duty as president and commander in chief is to keep the american people safe, and what that means is we brought a whole bunch of tools to bear to go after al qaeda and those who would attack americans. drones are one tool that we use, and our criteria for using them is very tight and very strict. it has to be a target that is authorized by our laws. it has to be a threat that is serious and not speculative. it has to be a situation in which we can't capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the united states, and this is an example of where i think there's been some misreporting. our preference is always to capture if we can because we can gather intelligence. but a lot of the terr
in 2011, the u.s. -- well, anwar al awlaki, a u.s. citizen who was a cleric living in yemen, was killed in a drone strike, as was his son. this raised legal and ethical questions, so in my interview with the president, i asked him what is his criteria for the use of lethal force. >> my first job, my most sacred duty as president and commander in chief is to keep the american people safe, and what that means is we brought a whole bunch of tools to bear to go after al qaeda and those who...
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. >>> now to a new controversy over the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans died in the attack including ambassador chris stevens. now the government and reform committee have released e-mails from the ambassador and other security workers and the documents paint a picture of the obama administration ignoring a rapidly deteriorating in libya. they fear the release of the unedited could endanger the lives of libyans working within the u.s. >>> to syria now where more than 80 bodies have been found in a mass grave on the country's east coast. 80 men, women and children were all brutally executed. a u.n. arab league envoy is working for a cease-fire. more than 30,000 people have been killed in the last 19 months. >>> there are fears that syrian violence is now spilling over to their neighbor, lebanon. in the country's capital, beirut, a large car bomb was detonated. left rows of mangled cars and charred buildings and shook the windows in cnn's offices there, about a a ten-minute drive from that scene. a top lebanese i
. >>> now to a new controversy over the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans died in the attack including ambassador chris stevens. now the government and reform committee have released e-mails from the ambassador and other security workers and the documents paint a picture of the obama administration ignoring a rapidly deteriorating in libya. they fear the release of the unedited could endanger the lives of libyans working within the u.s....
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the u.s. team falls apart and the europeans take the ryder cup back home. >> and is there lifeut there? nasa says a river really did run through it. more evidence there may have been life on mars. >>> good evening, everyone. you are in the "cnn newsroom." the presidential candidates are headed west. president obama is in nevada tonight holding a rally at desert pines high school. let's take a moment and listen in. >> i will use the money we are no longer spending on war to do nation building here at home, rebuilding roads and bridges and putting americans back to work and that's part of what makes america strong. that's what we're going to do. so this is the choice we face in the election, and this is what the election comes down to, and i know you must be tired of hearing ads, but you will hear moreover the next six weeks, and over and over again, you will hear my opponents talking about how bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations and that's the way to go, and since government can't do anything
the u.s. team falls apart and the europeans take the ryder cup back home. >> and is there lifeut there? nasa says a river really did run through it. more evidence there may have been life on mars. >>> good evening, everyone. you are in the "cnn newsroom." the presidential candidates are headed west. president obama is in nevada tonight holding a rally at desert pines high school. let's take a moment and listen in. >> i will use the money we are no longer spending...
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u.s. ambassador, a different story than we were told. >>> a battle over big bird. shout out to both candidates on the campaign trail, now sesame street is saying stop! >>> racial balance under the microscope of the supreme court. justices argue today over affirmative action and college admissions. big "newsday" here. good morning, welcome to "early start. "i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. the state department is giving its most detailed account of the speed, severity and calculation behind last month's attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi in libya. the house oversight committee will weigh in on security failings during a hearing scheduled for later today. the state department saying the attack was not a spontaneous offshoot of protest and saying u.s. and security personnel in benghazi were outmanned and no reasonable security presentation could have fended off the assault. u.s. ambassador christopher stephens and three others were killed in the attack. arwa damon helps peace tog
u.s. ambassador, a different story than we were told. >>> a battle over big bird. shout out to both candidates on the campaign trail, now sesame street is saying stop! >>> racial balance under the microscope of the supreme court. justices argue today over affirmative action and college admissions. big "newsday" here. good morning, welcome to "early start. "i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. the state department is giving its most detailed...
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., maybe there was more that the u.s. could do. right now it is a complicated and complex mix, and especially economically, i think it is going to be very interesting to listen to what he says economically. right now that's the name of the game, energy policy, economics, et cetera. so talking about the united states leading, we have to hear the specifics. what specifically should the united states do that isn't being done right now? >> stand by if you will. we're watching the clock and watching the live cameras at the virginia military institute because that's where governor romney is expected any moment to take the microphone and deliver this extraordinarily important foreign policy speech. it is certainly long awaited and there are a lot of eyes and ears ready to hear what he has to say more than the erpt examines we have been able to play. stand by. we'll take a quick break and be back after this. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing t
., maybe there was more that the u.s. could do. right now it is a complicated and complex mix, and especially economically, i think it is going to be very interesting to listen to what he says economically. right now that's the name of the game, energy policy, economics, et cetera. so talking about the united states leading, we have to hear the specifics. what specifically should the united states do that isn't being done right now? >> stand by if you will. we're watching the clock and...
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keep in mind what u.s. officials knew at the time. they knew for example, that al sharia was a well equipped group with anti-american sentiment. they had rpgs, mortar rounds, a fleet of vehicles. it wouldn't be surprising if groups had that available. it did indicate that they knew early on this had coordination to it. >> certain will i as you said, coordination. other words that don't seem to quite fit with that. you've also been reporting on the arrest of a man who's linked to the attacks. what do you know about him? have american authorities been able to question him? >> they haven't been able to question him. he was moving through turkey and there was a request by the u.s. to he can taken him, which turkey did, and then turned him over to the tunisians. senator chambliss was talking about this earlier. another interesting part of this, too, erin, is that he was apparently posting details about the attack as it was happening on social media websites. >> wow, so they found out about him on social media sites? thanks very much to suz
keep in mind what u.s. officials knew at the time. they knew for example, that al sharia was a well equipped group with anti-american sentiment. they had rpgs, mortar rounds, a fleet of vehicles. it wouldn't be surprising if groups had that available. it did indicate that they knew early on this had coordination to it. >> certain will i as you said, coordination. other words that don't seem to quite fit with that. you've also been reporting on the arrest of a man who's linked to the...
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he would get the u.s. to lead more, but he's been a little bit short on specifics, and i think that's what president obama's sources are telling jessica yellin that that's what they're going to pin him on wrshtion he would use u.s. power and where he would intervene militarily. >> where governor romney may struggle in that respect, he may have the upper edge when we talk about the changing role of the middle east. a lot of people say it's on fire out there and there's a veritable mess to try to mop up. is there something that either of them can do to try to edge the other here? >> i think that's right, and i think as i said, president obama is going to be on the defensive here, and i think the job of governor romney tonight is to paint this -- what happened in libya, what's happening in syria as larger failings of the obama administration to fail to kind much guide the arab spring in a positive direction. we've seen a lot of islamists take over. that the u.s. hasn't worked closely with this to try to shape
he would get the u.s. to lead more, but he's been a little bit short on specifics, and i think that's what president obama's sources are telling jessica yellin that that's what they're going to pin him on wrshtion he would use u.s. power and where he would intervene militarily. >> where governor romney may struggle in that respect, he may have the upper edge when we talk about the changing role of the middle east. a lot of people say it's on fire out there and there's a veritable mess to...
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more damningly, this, quote, multiple u.s. federal government officials have confirmed the committee that prior to the september 11 attacks, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letter goes on to detail a series of attacks and incidents in libya that formed the basis for those calls for more security resources, resources that the letter alleges were denied by officials in washington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. first, arwa damon joins me. she's back from libya and joins me here in new york. very good to see you safe and sound. walk me back. you were at the site three days after the attack. you have some still photographs that have never been seen before. describe what we see. >> well, the first in these photographs is basically the exterior of the main building at the compound itself. this is the building where the ambassador resided, and the right hand portion of the building is where the so-called safe room was supposed to be. as you can see, the burning all occu
more damningly, this, quote, multiple u.s. federal government officials have confirmed the committee that prior to the september 11 attacks, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the letter goes on to detail a series of attacks and incidents in libya that formed the basis for those calls for more security resources, resources that the letter alleges were denied by officials in washington. we'll have more on that angle shortly. first, arwa damon...
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the u.s. >>> there is a tense situation going on right now off the coast of israel. overnight israeli soldiers stormed a ship headed for its coast. passengers say they were trying to break the sea blockade of gaza that's been in effect since 2007. sara sidner is in israel at the port where the ship is actually headed. good morning. what happens to the ship and the people aboard once it does arrive there? >> reporter: randi, at this point in time what we know is just a couple hours ago, the israeli military did end up boarding the board called the "estelle." there's several members of people on that boat from parliament from countries such as sweden and norway, greece and spain. what we know is the boat has been commandeered by commandos and that boat is being towed into the port. that will take several hours as it's slow going trying to get a boat that have size into the port. and we understand from the israeli military, who we just spoke to their spokesperson, who said there were no incidents
the u.s. >>> there is a tense situation going on right now off the coast of israel. overnight israeli soldiers stormed a ship headed for its coast. passengers say they were trying to break the sea blockade of gaza that's been in effect since 2007. sara sidner is in israel at the port where the ship is actually headed. good morning. what happens to the ship and the people aboard once it does arrive there? >> reporter: randi, at this point in time what we know is just a couple...
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embassy and had killed the u.s. ambassador, two navy s.e.a.l.s and another american that is still an act of terrorism. it is the taking of the lives of civilians in a political act that is designed to have some kind of political impact. it strikes me as an act of trer i terrorism. was it affiliated with al qaeda with planing and forethought that we don't know. but i don't see how it wasn't an act of terrorism no matter who did it. do you think he missed an opportunity focusing on the word terrorism as opposed to the nearly 14 days of whatever it was that they were still unclear about what happened? >> and continue, governor romney had good cards and he over played them and he was able to push them back pretty hard and he played them. >> nor are we at the point where the administration is selling a false narrative. but there are four people dead and it is serious. the question that is hanging in the air here is was the libya war a good idea? president obama has two wars, afghanistan which he escalated and libya which
embassy and had killed the u.s. ambassador, two navy s.e.a.l.s and another american that is still an act of terrorism. it is the taking of the lives of civilians in a political act that is designed to have some kind of political impact. it strikes me as an act of trer i terrorism. was it affiliated with al qaeda with planing and forethought that we don't know. but i don't see how it wasn't an act of terrorism no matter who did it. do you think he missed an opportunity focusing on the word...
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the u.s. consulate in benghazi. he was testifying at a congressional hearing, investigating the terrorist attack in libya that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others. listen to what eric nordstrom told the oversight committee. >> i was criticized and somehow it was my responsibility to come up with a plan on the ground and not the responsibility for ds. i raised that specific point in a meeting with the ds director in march, that 60 days, there was no plan and it was hope that everything would get better. >> let's go now to foreign affairs reporter elise labott. this was quite a heated hearing. >> it was. basically there was so much political grandstanding, don, it was really hard to get at what was really important that eric nordstrom and lieutenant colonel andy wood, the top securi support team official saying, listen, we kept talking to the state department, asking them for resources and we got the feeling that until there was an attack, we weren't going to get any resources.
the u.s. consulate in benghazi. he was testifying at a congressional hearing, investigating the terrorist attack in libya that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others. listen to what eric nordstrom told the oversight committee. >> i was criticized and somehow it was my responsibility to come up with a plan on the ground and not the responsibility for ds. i raised that specific point in a meeting with the ds director in march, that 60 days, there was no plan and it was hope...
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finally, they say when they evacuated u.s. personnel from libya after that attack, they used a chartered aircraft. so, this e-mail is all part of many of these investigations. it's part of the congressional investigation and there is that, there is also an fbi investigation and there is the state department investigation ongoing as we speak. the state department, secretary clinton say they are cooperating and october 10th is the first hearing of that congressional investigation. two people from the state department will be testifying. randi? >> jill dougherty, thank you very much. >>> in colorado this morning, police have issued an amber alert following the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl. jessica ridgway who you see right there was on her way to school and never showed up prompting official toz call her mother. but the search was delayed because the mother, who works the night shift, slept through those phone calls. so far police searched the surrounding area and found nothing. >>> the coach who won more college basketbal
finally, they say when they evacuated u.s. personnel from libya after that attack, they used a chartered aircraft. so, this e-mail is all part of many of these investigations. it's part of the congressional investigation and there is that, there is also an fbi investigation and there is the state department investigation ongoing as we speak. the state department, secretary clinton say they are cooperating and october 10th is the first hearing of that congressional investigation. two people from...
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he's one of teb former teammates who testified to the u.s. anti-doping agency that armstrong had doped. the agency released its damaging report this week showing that it had uncovered, "overwhellaliell evidence of armstrong's drug use." no reason why they doped for the big races. >> the first time i ever blood doped was with lance and it was certainly for lance, basically. you know, i blood doped myself. you know, it was done by the team but done for the tour de france so i could be a good teammate for lance armstrong. yeah, a lot of it, you know, he wanted you to be riding at your best in the biggest races and for lance it was all about winning the tour de france. >> well, lance armstrong has always denied doping and his attorney calls the report a witch hunt. >>> people in los angeles are used to seeing big stars on the streets, but today they have one of the biggest ever hanging around town. how big? well, let's try 85 tons. it is the space shuttle "endeavour." the shuttle is being moved through the streets today to its new home at the cal
he's one of teb former teammates who testified to the u.s. anti-doping agency that armstrong had doped. the agency released its damaging report this week showing that it had uncovered, "overwhellaliell evidence of armstrong's drug use." no reason why they doped for the big races. >> the first time i ever blood doped was with lance and it was certainly for lance, basically. you know, i blood doped myself. you know, it was done by the team but done for the tour de france so i...
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>> well, we've heard from a u.s. government official that the u.s. does fully intinned and expect to get access to this individual. there's a little bit of negotiating going on. there's a process in place. the fbi is expected to take the lead on this negotiation, though intelligence officials are also expected to be in the room when he's questioned. >> so it's not clear -- so fbi will take the lead on interrogation or interviews, and cia, others, intelligence will be there? >> that's what's expected. exactly. now, obviously, you understand how this works with law enforcement. with fbi taking the lead versus intelligence taking the lead. but we're told right now fbi is expected to take the lead in this. so they're gathering evidence for him that they would be able to down the road uphold in court, but the intelligence agencies will be there as well because they want to know who this guy knows, who he talked, to how many other people that they can link to this attack in benghazi. >> his name is alli hahzi, correct? >> ali anri al harzi. we know he was
>> well, we've heard from a u.s. government official that the u.s. does fully intinned and expect to get access to this individual. there's a little bit of negotiating going on. there's a process in place. the fbi is expected to take the lead on this negotiation, though intelligence officials are also expected to be in the room when he's questioned. >> so it's not clear -- so fbi will take the lead on interrogation or interviews, and cia, others, intelligence will be there? >>...
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i remember being with him at the u.s. embassy in rome for dinner one night and talking about he and goldwater. he said one thing about losing so badly is you don't have regrets. he ran a small business, bed and breakfast and wrote a great a that he heaped up on small business through the regulations he sponsored. a great guy. >> i think he was far more complicated than just dove would lead you to believe as is the case with most everybody we talk about. far more complicated. i want to move on to foreign policy and this big and final debate and ask you, one of the questions i hear all the time, is there a fundamental difference between these two men that you have di certained over the totality of foreign policy? >> there is a big difference. i'm concerned about governor romney becoming commander in chief. i told newt when we served in the house together he knew foreign policy and he rose above partisanship on issues like the peso crisis, nafta. we worked together. governor romney just seems to be bluster, blunder, cowboy o
i remember being with him at the u.s. embassy in rome for dinner one night and talking about he and goldwater. he said one thing about losing so badly is you don't have regrets. he ran a small business, bed and breakfast and wrote a great a that he heaped up on small business through the regulations he sponsored. a great guy. >> i think he was far more complicated than just dove would lead you to believe as is the case with most everybody we talk about. far more complicated. i want to...
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and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. my plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks, it was president bush that wrote the first check, i disagreed with that and said they needs they companies, they need to go through a managed bankruptcy, and through that process they can get government help and government guarantees but they need to go through a bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden they built up and -- >> governor romney, that's not what you said. >> fortunately -- >> you can take a look. >> governor romney -- >> you can take a look -- >> you did not say -- >> i said we would provide guarantees and that's what was able to allow these companies to go through bankruptcy to come out of bankruptcy, under no circumstances would i do anything other than to help this industry get on its feet and the idea that has been suggested i would liquidate the industry, of course not. of course not. >> let's check the record. >> that's the height of silliness. >> le
and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. my plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks, it was president bush that wrote the first check, i disagreed with that and said they needs they companies, they need to go through a managed bankruptcy, and through that process they can get government help and government guarantees but they need to go through a bankruptcy to get rid of excess cost and the debt burden they built up and --...
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her uncle is a former democratic governor and u.s. senator. her first cousin is a democratic congressman. earlier in her career, she was a congressional aide for democrat bill brewster from oklahoma. mind you, being a democrat in her home state is not necessarily like being one in washington. >> an oklahoma democrat in a lot of respects is more conservative than a lot of republicans. >> reporter: her long-time close friend, leslie belcher, says she's not even sure of janna's political affiliation but janna has friends of all political stripes. >> she is very easygoing, very friendly. janna is probably the most approachable person i have ever met. >> reporter: janna went to school at wellesley college outside boston like her mother and hillary clinton. after that she was off to get a law degree in washington. while working in d.c. she acquired a reputation as a smart, up and coming lobbyist. then in 1999, her professional life took a turn toward the personal side. she met the young first term republican representative, paul ryan. >> she was ver
her uncle is a former democratic governor and u.s. senator. her first cousin is a democratic congressman. earlier in her career, she was a congressional aide for democrat bill brewster from oklahoma. mind you, being a democrat in her home state is not necessarily like being one in washington. >> an oklahoma democrat in a lot of respects is more conservative than a lot of republicans. >> reporter: her long-time close friend, leslie belcher, says she's not even sure of janna's...
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the u.s. consulate in libya that left the ambassador and two other americans dead. the attack defendant's exhibit happen the way the obama administration initially said it may have. this violence does not start with a span takenus protest over a now notorious saent islam film. let's get straight to some of the details now. jill dougherty joining us now from the u.s. state department. what are they expected to set straight? >> very interesting reading. some of these documents. there are statements coming out by the key people who will be testifying today. they -- i have been reading through them, and i think there were a couple of very important moments. that came essentially from the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, and in the testimony by ambassador patrick kennedy, which we expect to hear, he says that any official who was in -- was testifying at that particular time that she did, which was on the 16th five days later, the 16th of september, five days after the attack, would have said the very s
the u.s. consulate in libya that left the ambassador and two other americans dead. the attack defendant's exhibit happen the way the obama administration initially said it may have. this violence does not start with a span takenus protest over a now notorious saent islam film. let's get straight to some of the details now. jill dougherty joining us now from the u.s. state department. what are they expected to set straight? >> very interesting reading. some of these documents. there are...
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and he did not appear concerned that the u.s. and libyan authorities may be trailing him. >>> decades of boy scout documents previously confidential are now public record. the so-called perversion files detail thousands of cases of alleged sexual abuse by more than 1200 scout leaders and volunteers. the files cover a 20-year period from 1965 to 1985. the head of the boy scouts of america is expressing his regrets. >> there's no question that there are times in the past that these go back to 40, 50 years old, where we did not do the job that we should have. and for that, and for people -- and for that we're profoundly sorry. and i am convinced that this organization has a firm and ever-lasting deep commitment to youth protection. >> today the scouts require background checks on all volunteers. >>> federal health officials say a batch of steroids was definitely tainted with a deadly fungus. now this is a first official confirmation linking the back pain shots with a deadly meningitis outbreak. it's left 20 people dead and infected
and he did not appear concerned that the u.s. and libyan authorities may be trailing him. >>> decades of boy scout documents previously confidential are now public record. the so-called perversion files detail thousands of cases of alleged sexual abuse by more than 1200 scout leaders and volunteers. the files cover a 20-year period from 1965 to 1985. the head of the boy scouts of america is expressing his regrets. >> there's no question that there are times in the past that these...
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the u.s. mission still on fire while this is going on. where are these men? have they been questioned? are they in custody? do we know anything about them? who was their leader? one person who may know something about this is the reporter who was breaking this story, david kirkpatrick, he sat down with the suspected ring leader having the frappe. he joins us over the phone from benghazi, libya. i was just sastounded by your report. does the suspect admit he had anything to do with the murders and the attacks? >> reporter: no, he said he was on the scene and arrived after the shooting had begun and was basically trying to break up a traffic jam. he said he had nothing to do with any acts of aggression that night. he's only suspected of being one of the ring leaders, not a mastermind of the whole attack. >> what does he say when asked about our attempts to find those responsible? we just showed our audience pictures, very identifiable, of those posing outside the crime scene. how does he feel about our efforts and even the libyan government's efforts, for that
the u.s. mission still on fire while this is going on. where are these men? have they been questioned? are they in custody? do we know anything about them? who was their leader? one person who may know something about this is the reporter who was breaking this story, david kirkpatrick, he sat down with the suspected ring leader having the frappe. he joins us over the phone from benghazi, libya. i was just sastounded by your report. does the suspect admit he had anything to do with the murders...
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that the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi, which were denied. where did you get that information? >> we got it from whistle blowers and from confirmation from an interview with the former regional security officer, rso, who actually has over 66 separate incidents he recorded. we're not making any allegations. we're taking the facts that were brought to us, putting them in perspective, and asking the question, and getting, quite frankly, concerns from the individuals that themselves were responsible for security. and we're doing it not just for what is a done and sad situation in libya. but because with the arab spring going on around the arab world, the question is what are we doing in these other countries, will we be ready or could this happen again? >> do you know who denied the security that you're saying was repeatedly denied? >> well, we have a number of documents we have requested. secretary clinton has said she is going to cooperate and provide
that the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi, which were denied. where did you get that information? >> we got it from whistle blowers and from confirmation from an interview with the former regional security officer, rso, who actually has over 66 separate incidents he recorded. we're not making any allegations. we're taking the facts that were brought to us, putting them in perspective, and asking the question, and getting, quite frankly,...